The Garden 

 that We lyiade 



The Princess gathering 

 climbing White Dorothy 

 roses. 



The old-fashioned Sun- 

 dial on the south terrace 

 stands amidst Helio- 

 Itrope^andlAgeratum. 



had looked very well. 

 Forthwith we had one 

 erected, with iron poles and 

 wire netting, as a back- 

 ground for our flower-beds. 

 It serves the purpose, and 

 is highly decorative covered 

 with honeysuckle (both the 

 early and the later varieties), 

 perennial hops, clematis of 

 various kinds, and the sweet little white jessamine (a 

 rarity in Sweden), and Pciiploca gneca, with shining, 

 web-formed leaves. Where the espalier seemed thmly 

 covered we sowed nasturtiums, just for filling up any^ odd 

 corner. This is a most effective arrangement, and it all 

 combines very well indeed. 



The beds are divided into plots about four yards long 

 and one yard broad. Each variety of plant gets a square 

 to itself. 



Bright Flowers are Nearest 

 the Entrance. 



We have no definite scheme, but, as a rule, we try to 

 have the gayest and most brilliant-coloured flowers nearest 

 the entrance, such as coreopsis, dianthus, and the herb lily 

 [Ahtroemeria), an exceptionally beautiful flower, which, in 

 genial soil, grows and spreads with extraordinary rapidity. 

 It was named by the great Swedish botanist Karl v. Limie 

 after another well-known botanist, Klas Alstroemer. In 



addition to these we have 

 sunflowers, lychnis (in some 

 countries called the cross of 

 Jerusalem), red phlox (or 

 so-called Etna), phlox coque- 

 licot, eschscholtzia, Tom 

 Thumb nasturtiums, calen- 

 dula, foxgloves in different 

 colours, the yellow tree lupin. 



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